COVID-19

Make Back-To-School a Breeze With Inmar’s 2020 Trends Guide

Although it is difficult to predict what the 2020 school year will look like, parents, teachers, and back-to-college shoppers are suiting up for their annual back-to-school shopping splurge. Whether utilizing curbside pickup, making purchases online, or shopping in physical stores, consumers are starting the preparation process now.  

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Class is now in session - Get to Know Your Back to School Shoppers

It’s impossible to predict with absolute certainty what the 2020 school year will look like, but it will definitely look different. Consumers will be looking forward to returning to some sense of normalcy, but maintaining healthy habits will still be in the forefront of their minds. 

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It’s Time for Grocery Retailers to Get Strategic About Technology

Our most recent Tech in Retail survey found shoppers actively advancing the ongoing digital transformation that is currently reshaping grocery retail. Regular, and increasing, technology use presents retailers with an outstanding opportunity for deeper engagement and more consistent activation.

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PPE Disposal: Addressing the Other Side of the Protective Equipment Challenge

A great deal has been written and reported about the challenges faced by states, hospitals, healthcare systems and private businesses in acquiring the personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to protect providers, patients, consumers and employees. Now, the story is shifting to the very real threat posed to both public health and the environment resulting from the widespread, improper disposal of used PPE.

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Dollar Stores Bringing Increased Value to Shoppers -- and Brands

The dollar channel has been growing, and maturing, for years and the future for this channel has never looked brighter.

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New Inmar Intelligence Survey Reveals E-Commerce Shifts for Consumer Grocery Purchases May Continue Post-Pandemic

78.7 percent of consumers have shopped for groceries online since the COVID-19 pandemic began with 56.7 percent of consumers increasing their online grocery shopping, signaling to food retailers that shifting e-commerce behaviors may require a new e-commerce strategy.

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Independent Grocers and E-Commerce: An Evolving Conversation

Inmar was recently asked to participate in a Grocer Pod podcast with David Smith, CEO of Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG), the nation's largest cooperative food wholesaler to independently-owned supermarkets. AWG has eight full-line wholesale divisions serving more than 1,100 member companies at more than 3,000 locations across 28 states. The podcast conversation between Craig Rosenblum, Inmar’s Vice President, Enterprise Retail and David can be found below.

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On the Road to a "New Normal"

Now into the third month of "quarantine," we analyzed the online shopping behavior from our CoEx Platform and compared the trends seen in March to those in April to help advertisers better understand how consumers are continuing to adapt to their current situation.

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Inmar Intelligence Partners with iQ Healthtech Labs to Design Conversational Bot for Wake Forest Baptist Health to Provide Timely Information to Patients During COVID-19

Bot creates a streamlined approach to provide answers to patient questions related to the novel coronavirus and other health issues.

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